12. Activities

Slides ask questions about lumbering. Click on the correct answer.
· http://www.michiganepic.org/lumbering/Tool.html
· http://www.michiganepic.org/lumbering/ProcTime.html
· http://www.michiganepic.org/lumbering/MultChoice.html

9. Lesson Plan: Lumberjack Life

· http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/leaf/Adobe/Resource/Change/LESSON4S.pdf

2. Online tour of Paul Bunyon Camp in Eau Claire, Wisconsin

Text and pictures
Reading level 4th to 8th grade
a. http://www.paulbunyancamp.org/index.html

Cook Shanty and Bunkhouse
b. http://www.paulbunyancamp.org/cook.htm

The Jammer
c. http://www.paulbunyancamp.org/jammer.htm

Heavy Equipment Shed
d. http://www.paulbunyancamp.org/shed.htm

Blacksmith Shop
e. http://www.paulbunyancamp.org/blacksmith.htm

The Barn
f. http://www.paulbunyancamp.org/barn.htm

History of Lumbering in Chippewa Valley (8th grade)
g. http://www.paulbunyancamp.org/history.htm


14. From the Wisconsin Historical Society
· http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/whi/results.asp?subject_broad_id=16&subject_broad=Industries&subject_narrow_id=287&subject_narrow=Lumber+camps&search_type=advanced&sort_by=date&boolean_type=and

15. Available from Michigan Historical Center Library
·http://mattsonworks.com/logss/


16. Available from Minnesota Historical Society
· http://www.mnhs.org/places/sites/fhc/photos.html

Tall tales

17. Paul Bunyon

A story with pictures and text. Click to turn the page.
Reading level 4th grade
· http://www.paulbunyantrail.com/talltale.html

18. The Hodag story

Reading level 7th and up
· http://www.rhinelanderchamber.com/history.htm
· http://www.rhinelanderchamber.com/history2.htm

19. Song: The Shanty Boys

A copy of a letter written home about life in lumberjack camp and the song, “The Shanty Boys”
Reading level 4th
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/teachers/lessons/secondary/lumber_camp.asp

20. Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumberjack

21. Life in Old Wisconsin Lumber Camps

These are real-life memories of a man who worked in Wisconsin Lumber Camps.
http://www.wcwcw.com/feature46.htm
org/results_list.aspx?subject

Video “From Stump to Ship”

About 28 minutes
Moving pictures taken in the 1930’s in one of Maine’s Lumber Camps

5. Article: “Life in a Lumber Camp”

By George Austin Woodward for the Munsey’s Magazine September 1894
A good summary of the process of logging from beginning to end.
Reading level 6th grade or higher
· http://fp.uni.edu/iowahist/Social_Economic/LumberCamp/life_in_a_lumber_camp.htm